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Chicago Tribune: Mayor Lori Lightfoot earned more than $350K from law firm during first year in office, tax return shows
Mayor Lori Lightfoot reported making $497,000 in 2019, her first year in office, according to a tax return released by the mayor’s office.
Lightfoot, who took office on May 20 that year, made $111,120 in city wages for the portion of the year she was mayor and $352,645 from Mayer Brown, her former law firm, the return shows.
News-Gazette: With limited inventory, housing market heating up
The real estate market is so hot right now that some homes are being sold before they even hit the market, according to the president of the Champaign County Association of Realtors.
“I’ve got buyers ready, willing and waiting, and it’s difficult to even get into a home,” Liz McDonald said. “Oftentimes buyers are buying homes sight unseen.”